About Carrie
Carrie Zielinski is a licensed clinical social worker who combines practical therapy with a warm, respectful style. She draws on 20 years of practice to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or past trauma. Carrie emphasizes clients' strengths and moves at a pace that feels manageable.
Her work centers on clear, short-term goals and steady progress. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build action.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce reactivity and bring greater calm into daily life. People reach out to Carrie for relationship troubles, low self-esteem, and struggles with motivation or isolation. She also supports those coping with attachment wounds, abandonment fears, or post-traumatic stress.
Conversations focus on practical steps people can try between sessions. Carrie practices a client-centered approach that keeps each person’s priorities first. She listens, reflects, and helps clients set realistic experiments to test new behaviors.
Motivational interviewing techniques are used when people want help finding reasons to change. Sessions happen in a straightforward, conversational way. Carrie works with adults in Florida and conducts sessions in English.
She invites people to take the first small step and complete the brief matching questionnaire to begin.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when anxiety or difficult thoughts show up. It focuses on action that aligns with goals rather than getting stuck trying to control every feeling. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns. These techniques are often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and perspective, with the therapist offering reflective listening and support to help clients clarify choices and build confidence.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, preferences, and what they hope to change, then adapt methods in collaboration. This means pacing, tools, and homework are agreed on together so the plan fits daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and richer interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and provide different ways to stay connected between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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